Sound and Light Review

Sound and Light Review

by Connie Williams

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How is sound produced?

• By the vibration of particles

• By the transfer of particles 

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Sound is a form of? 

• energy

• pitch

• volume

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Measure of how high or low a sound is

• amplitude

• compression

• speed of sound

• pitch

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A longer string makes a _______ pitch than a short string.

• louder

• softer

• higher

• lower

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To make a sound from a stringed instrument louder you must

• hit it

• pluck it harder

• hold it higher

• pluck it softer

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The highest pitch is made by the _______ instrument.

• biggest

• wooden

• smallest

• shiniest

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What is volume?

• how high or low a sound is

• the loudness or softness of a sound

• the number of vibrations per second

• vibrations

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A place where no sound exists is...

• in the air

• under water

• space

• all of the above

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You stand outside a room that has the doors and windows closed. Why can you still hear sounds made inside the room?

• Vibrations are absorbed in the doors and windows

• Vibrations are reflected inside the room

• Vibrations travel through the door and the window

• Vibrations echo in the room

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Sarah and Maria made a telephone using two cans and a string. It was a very long string. Maria went upstairs in her house and Sarah stayed downstairs. Maria spoke softly into the can. "I can hear you!' Sarah said back. How can this happen?

• Sound waves travel through a vacuum.

• Sound waves travel from high to low.

• Sound waves travel through solids like the string.

• Maria talked so loudly that Sarah could hear her without the phone.

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Which of these is our MAIN (most important) source of light?

• Lightbulbs

• The Sun

• Fire

• All of them

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How does light travel/move?

• In ONE direction, VERY fast

• In ALL directions, VERY fast

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What happens when light hits an object?

• Some of the light jumps in different directions (bounces)

• Some of the light gets absorbed by the object.

• Some of the light bounces back to your eye

• ALL of them.

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_______ is when light hits and object and it BOUNCES off.

• Reflection

• Refraction

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Through which objects does light pass MORE?

• Transparent objects, like glass windows

• Opaque objects (not transparent), like a plant

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How does light travel

• It curves around corners

• Really slow

• In a straight line

• In circles

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Which images are opaque?

• A & C

• A,C,E, & F

• D, E, & F

• A & E

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The color you see is the color that is ___.

• reflected

• absorbed

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What happens when light passes through a prism?

• The light separates into different colors.

• The light mixes together.

• The light gets brighter.

• The light stays the same.